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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say his father called him in Chapter 2?
(a) "A prodigy."
(b) "His love child."
(c) "Nothing at all."
(d) "A bastard."

2. What is the name of the Auteur's gardener?
(a) Danny Boy.
(b) Jason.
(c) Jose.
(d) Sonny.

3. Who wrote the following quote that opens the novel: "Let us not become gloomy as soon as we hear the word 'torture'"?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Karl Marx.

4. What film of the Auteur's is described in Chapter 8 as being "about the failure of the American Dream"?
(a) Apocalpyse Now.
(b) Venice Beach.
(c) Hard Knock.
(d) The Thin Red Line.

5. What author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?
(a) Rudyard Kipling.
(b) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(c) Alexandre Dumas.
(d) Karl Marx.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character is the Idol playing in the film?

2. Madame exclaims in Chapter 7, "The worst thing about living in America is" what?

3. What does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?

4. Where does the Department Chair say he met his wife in Chapter 4?

5. Who is the young student that the narrator describes discussing Mao with him and Man in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of duality explored in Chapter 4?

2. What does the narrator say about the crapulent major's death in Chapter 7?

3. Who are the main characters in the film The Hamlet?

4. How does the narrator describe the task of a spy in Chapter 11?

5. Whom does the narrator become entranced by at the wedding in Chapter 7? Why?

6. Who is Madame? How would you describe this character?

7. How would you describe the narrator and protagonist of The Sympathizer?

8. What are the narrator's criticisms of the script for The Hamlet?

9. How does the narrator become involved in the production of the film The Hamlet?

10. How would you describe the narrative style of The Sympathizer?

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